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British shilling, abbreviated "1s" or "1/-", was a unit of currency and a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄20 of one pound, or twelve pence. It was...22 KB (2,252 words) - 23:17, 15 April 2024
equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s. Currently the shilling is used as a currency in five...26 KB (2,899 words) - 21:34, 22 March 2024
Decimal Day (redirect from Sixpence is two and a half new pence)pounds, shillings, and pence. Before this date, the British pound sterling (symbol "£") was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 (old) pence, a total...34 KB (3,627 words) - 21:04, 17 April 2024- British decimal ten pence coin (often shortened to 10p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄10 of a pound. Its obverse...14 KB (991 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- Bank of England 10 shilling note (notation: 10/–), colloquially known as the 10 bob note, was a sterling banknote. Ten shillings in £sd (written 10s...9 KB (700 words) - 00:53, 6 April 2024
£sd (redirect from Pounds, shillings and pence)shillings, and pence (pence being the plural of penny). Under this system, there were 12 pence in a shilling and 20 shillings, or 240 pence, in a pound...36 KB (3,458 words) - 16:35, 31 March 2024
Florin (British coin) (redirect from British Two Shilling coin)florin, or two-shilling piece (2/– or 2s.), was a coin worth 1⁄10 of one pound, or 24 pence. It was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final issue for...28 KB (3,575 words) - 18:27, 30 December 2023- has been divided into 100 (new) pence. Before decimalisation, twelve pence made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. British coins are minted...98 KB (8,440 words) - 06:53, 20 April 2024
- in denominations of 6 pence, 1 shilling 3 pence, 2 shillings 6 pence and 5 shillings. The first to be issued were the 5-shilling and 2s 6d notes. They...16 KB (1,647 words) - 19:13, 6 March 2024
- The ten shilling (10s) (Irish: deich scilling) coin was a one-off commemorative coin issued in Ireland in 1966 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Easter...5 KB (525 words) - 14:14, 29 April 2024
Penny (British pre-decimal coin) (redirect from Old pence)system (£sd), under which the largest unit was a pound (£) divisible into 20 shillings (s), each of 12 pence (d). The penny was withdrawn in 1971 due to...28 KB (1,720 words) - 13:50, 24 March 2024- The British decimal fifty pence coin (often shortened to 50p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄2 of one pound. Its obverse...46 KB (2,051 words) - 20:43, 11 May 2024
- the ten-shilling coin and ten-shilling note when decimalised, and due to this conversion was introduced a year before Decimal Day in 1971. It is a seven-sided...4 KB (340 words) - 19:29, 20 March 2023
- decimalisation in 1971, there were 12 pence (written as 12d) in a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-) and 20 shillings in a pound, written as £1 (occasionally...20 KB (707 words) - 20:27, 23 March 2024
- Slash (punctuation) (redirect from Shilling mark)full pounds, shillings and pence could be written in many different ways, for example: £1 9s 6d, £1.9.6, £1-9-6, and even £1/9/6d (with a slash used also...59 KB (6,297 words) - 18:16, 15 March 2024
- century, with an £sd system of one pound divided into twenty shillings, each of twelve silver pence.[citation needed] Parity with sterling was established by...17 KB (1,780 words) - 10:39, 11 May 2024
- were retained for the new five and ten pence coins, taken from the shilling and florin, respectively. The new fifty pence piece bore the image of the woodcock...18 KB (1,988 words) - 14:58, 1 December 2023
The shilling, informally called a "bob", was a type of silver coinage issued by the Commonwealth of Australia, that circulated prior to the decimalisation...23 KB (2,559 words) - 07:46, 7 May 2024
Soho Mint. These coins were made legal tender for amounts of up to one shilling by a proclamation of 26 July 1797. Short-lived twopence coins in silver were...10 KB (1,046 words) - 11:56, 15 March 2024- was used only for coins with a value of several named units (e.g., three pence), and never applied to a penny, shilling, or half crown coin. Although...8 KB (1,010 words) - 02:31, 18 February 2024
- which ⟨was a⟩ Quarter of an Ounce, or two Drams, worth ⟨fifteen⟩ Pence, ⟨The⟩ King's Shekel weighed three Drams, worth ⟨one⟩ Shilling and Ten-pence Halfpenny
- or pence; thus, there were 240 pence in one pound. A Groat was a silver coin worth four pence. Mickle is a term meaning, “a great amount.” “Many a little
- `10 six pences.' {Obs.} This |Piúckquat| being sixtie pence, they call |Nquittómpeg|, or |nquitnishca~usu|, that is, one fathom, 5 shillings. This one